Student:No sir. There isn't.(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)

Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat,white heat, a little heat or no heat.But we don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zerowhich is no heat, but we can't go

any further after that.There is no such thing as cold . Cold is only a word we use to describe theabsence of

heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy . Cold is not the opposite ofheat, sir, just the absence of it .(There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)

Student:What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?

Prof:Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?

Student :You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can havelow light, normal light, brightlight, flashing light....But ifyou have no light constantly, you have nothing and it's called darkness,isn't it? Inreality, darkness isn't. If it were you would be able to makedarkness darker, wouldn't you?

Prof:So what is the point you are making, young man?

Student:Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.

Prof:Flawed? Can you explain how?

Student:Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life andthen there is death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the conceptof God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can'teven explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has neverseen, much less fully understood either one.To view death as the oppositeof life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as asubstantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence ofit.Now tell me, Professor.Do you teach your students that they evolved from amonkey?

Prof:If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, Ido.

Student:Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?(The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where theargument is going.)

Student:Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannoteven prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teachingyour opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher? (The class is inuproar.)

Student:Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's brain?(The class breaks out into laughter.)

Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it,touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to theestablished rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science saysthat you have no brain,sir.With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?(The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his faceunfathomable.)

Prof:I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.

Student:That is it sir... The link between man & god is FAITH . That is all thatkeeps things moving & alive.NB: I believe you have enjoyed the conversation...and if so...you'llprobably want your friends/colleagues to enjoy the same...won't you?....this is a true story, and thestudent was none other than.........